Timeline for Effect of homeschool on college chances?
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| Oct 4, 2013 at 13:18 | comment | added | Karl Bielefeldt | That's just it. They care about work as much as, if not more than, knowledge. People without a good GPA must prove they've worked significantly in other areas. I'm a very self-directed learner, which is why I mostly hated college, but I still got good grades because I worked hard. Convince them you can get good grades even when you aren't intrinsically motivated by the subject and the classroom format. There are other ways, but the easiest way is to get good grades in high school or community college. High SAT scores will only offset perhaps one GPA point. | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 4:46 | comment | added | AriadnesThread | I understand they don't just look at GPAs as a measure work ethic but I do think if there was a large enough disjoint between test scores for and GPA they would probably look at it as a lack of work not knowledge. Don't worry I'm not under any delusion about colleges are bastions of self-directed, I'm just wondering how prior self-directed learning influences college admissions, not what the environment within the college is like. Do you think taking a prior community college class has a substantial effect on how home-schoolers are viewed or not? Thanks again | |
| Oct 4, 2013 at 4:46 | comment | added | AriadnesThread | Hey thank you for your advice. The warning about colleges considering my entire high-school career was helpful, due to research I have found some colleges that do not look at transcripts of students if they have home-school degrees during admissions, so I'm not sure they'd know how much time I spent in homeschooling, but you're right that it would be a strong limit on options. | |
| Oct 3, 2013 at 21:44 | history | answered | Karl Bielefeldt | CC BY-SA 3.0 |